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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkRussell SAGE
(1816-1906)
SAGE, Russell, a
Representative from New York; born in Shenandoah, Oneida County,
N.Y., August 4, 1816; moved with his parents to Durhamville in
1818; attended the public schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits
in Troy, N.Y.; treasurer of Rensselaer County 1844-1851; alderman
of Troy 1845-1848; delegate to the Whig National Convention in
1848; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress and reelected
as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress
(March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857); was not a candidate for renomination
in 1856; moved to New York City in 1863; became president and
director of several railroad companies and financial institutions;
died in Lawrence, Long Island, N.Y., July 22, 1906; interment in
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
Bibliography
Sarnoff, Paul. Russell Sage: The Money King. New York: Ivan
Obolensky, Inc., 1965.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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